What: Classic Book Club "The Handmaid's Tale"

When: January 13, 2010 7:00 PM

Where:
Coco's Restaurant
27750 Crown Valley Pkwy
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
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Welcome to the New Year!

Please join us for the discussion of "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood.

The Handmaid's Tale is set in the Republic of Gilead, a ficticious country formed within the borders of what was formerly the United States of America by a racist, chauvinist, nativist, theocratic-organized military coup.

Beginning with a staged terrorist attack killing the President and ousting Congress, the coup leaders launched a revolution which overthrew the United States government and abolished the US Constitution.

The new theocratic military dictatorship, styled "The Republic of Gilead", moved quickly to consolidate its power and reorganize society along a new militarized, hierarchical, compulsorily-Christian regime of Old Testament-inspired social and religious orthodoxy among its newly-created social classes.

Wow....does this sound like fun or what!

The meeting starts at 7:00, but a couple of women get there a bit earlier to eat and talk. People arriving at 7:00 can still order dinner, tea, dessert etc.........

Hope you will join us!

Learn more here:
http://www.socwbc.org/calendar/12047949/